Category: Energy and Environment

Institute for Energy Research When Vermont Yankee was set to close, activists such as Bill McKibben claimed that Vermont “is completely capable of replacing (and far more) its power output with renewables, which is why my roof is covered with solar panels.”[i] This isn’t what happened. Instead, natural gas generation expanded in New England.  As […]

Institute for Energy Research In a recent editorial, the NYT argued that we have “proof that a carbon tax works.” By “works,” the editorial board meant that it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions without hurting the economy. However, the one example they give regarding economic effects—British Columbia—actually falls apart under closer scrutiny. Furthermore, even on […]

Institute for Energy Research DOI Methane Rule Another Unnecessary Blow to America’s Affordable Energy Providers  WASHINGTON – Institute for Energy Research President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on the Obama administration’s methane regulation: “Even as parts of the country prepare to face a blizzard, this administration rolls out a plan designed to increase the cost of […]

Obama’s Moratorium on Coal Leases is the Shot Heard Round the West  IER WASHINGTON – Institute for Energy Research President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced plans to put a moratorium on new coal leases: “Throughout his time in office, President Obama has shown complete disregard for the communities and […]

THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Paris Agreement – Treaty or Not? The December 26 TWTW emphasized that from a scientific and practical viewpoint the Agreement in Paris reached at the conclusion of the Conference of Parties (COP-21) of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), “Paris […]

Concept image by Google[/caption] Patrick Wood | Technocracy News Originally developed in the 1930s, Technocracy is a replacement economic model for capitalism and free enterprise, based on energy usage and consumption instead of supply and demand. Sustainable Development and Green Economy are essentially equivalent terms that are used by the United Nations but originally coined […]

The Technocratic Tyranny The U.S. Government’s case against Dwight and Stephen Hammond amounts to a prosecutorial slapp suit. A slapp suit in civil matters is a “strategic lawsuit intended to censor, intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition”. [1] A prosecutorial slapp […]

Institute for Energy Research To do his part ginning up attention for the U.N. Paris climate change negotiations, Paul Krugman recently wrote a piece accusing Republicans of threatening all of humanity. Yet in the process, Krugman admitted what I pointed out in a previous piece: Any deal struck in Paris won’t actually solve the alleged […]

Institute for Energy Research The Energy Information Administration recently released its U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves Report showing that oil and natural gas proved reserves continue to increase. U.S. crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves increased by 9 percent to 39.9 billion barrels in 2014, and natural gas proved reserves increased […]

Climate change, not ISIS, is the “greatest threat” for Obama, AND The real threat, of course, is that the UN will actually succeed in this fraud…CFACT Guest opinion: Dr. Tim Ball | WUWT Kafkaesque is one word that encapsulates the entire Paris Conference. It is defined as: A nightmarish situation which most people can somehow […]

Institute for Energy Research This week, 118 national leaders will be meeting in Paris for the climate change summit where President Obama will be proselytizing about his EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan, among other U.S. regulations affecting energy use in the United States. The Clean Power Plan requires carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power […]